Hosea 9:8 — The watchman over Ephraim is with my God, and a prophet is a birdcatcher's snar… — FBV | maBible
Read Hosea 9:8 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Hosea 9.8, Hosea 9v8, Os. 9:8. The watchman over Ephraim is with my God, and a prophet is a birdcatcher's snare on all his ways. Hatred is in the house of his God
Other reference formats: Hosea 9.8, Hosea 9v8, Os. 9:8.
8 The watchman over Ephraim is with my God, and a prophet is a birdcatcher's snare on all his ways. Hatred is in the house of his God
Notes and references
Some have seen this as the work of a false prophet, but bearing in mind Israel's sinfulness, a true prophet would be regarded by the people as setting snares for them, following the reasoning of the preceding verse.